Flavion

Flavion is a sub-municipality of Florennes, Wallonia, Belgium. Flavion was founded as a Roman villa, and a castle was built in Flavion during the 16th century; the town had depended on the bailiwick of Bouvignes for protection before building its own defenses. In 1940, during the Battle of Belgium the French general Marie-Germain-Christian Bruneau halted German general Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division at Flavion for three days before being forced to withdraw. During the Battle of the Bulge, US Air Force airmen resided in the castle's farm. In 2007, the town had a population of 666 people.